Name plate for mailboxes



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ATTCI R N EYE Patented May 30, 1950 UNITED STATES FATENT QFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to a name plate holder which is adapted to be installed on the top of a mail box.

An object of this invention is to provide a plate that is visible from both directions, and once installed will last as long as the box with which it is associated.

Another object of the invention is to provide a plate that has removable name plates or number plates whereby the plates are adapted for use by any individual merely by placing the appropriate letters for his name and location in the plates.

With the above and other objects and advantages in view, the invention consists of the novel details of construction, arrangement and combination of parts more fully hereinafter described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is an end view of an embodiment of the invention as applied to a mail box shown in dotted lines;

Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof;

Figure 3 is a sectional view on the line 33 of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is an elevational view of the central plate;

Figure 5 is an elevational view of the dividing plate;

Figure 6 is an elevational and end view of the top and bottom name plate retaining members and Figure 7 is a sectional view on the line of Figure 1.

Referring more in detail to the drawing, the reference numeral H1 designates the name plate holder which comprises the substantially triangular shaped end plates l2 having outwardly turned feet M for the securing thereof to the mail box I5 by fasteners IS.

The end plates I2 are provided with concave edges 20 which will conform to the shape of the box l6 when applied thereto. The end plates l2 are provided along a vertical line with aligned apertures 24 which are adapted to receive the outwardly extending projections 26 formed at the opposite top and bottom edges of the central plate 28, and mounted on the top and bottom edges of the plate 28 are the U-shaped members 30 having the projections 32 which are received in the apertures 24 on opposite sides of the projections 26 of the plate 28, and when the projections 32 are bent against the end plates l2 as shown in Figure 7, these members are retained in fixed relation to each other.

Receivable in the members 3|] on opposite sides of the plate 28 are the name and address plates 32 and 34 respectively, and these plates are provided with the proper indicia 36 as required.

The plate 28 is provided with centrally located horizontally aligned apertures 38 which are adapted to be aligned with the central apertures it in the plate retaining strip 42 which placed against the plates 32 and 34 will retain these plates in position when the fasteners 44 are positioned in the aligned apertures 38 and 40.

When the holder is assembled, the plate 28 may be provided with a porcelain or luminous coating which will show through the indicia 35 in the plates. The members at are placed over the edge of the plate, and the projections on these members are mounted in apertures 26, and bent as described, making a, rigid assembly. Then the name and address plates are inserted in members 30, then the plates 52 are placed in position and retained by the fasteners 46 and the holder is complete.

Thus a device has been provided that will accomplish the objects of the invention, and it is believed that from the foregoing description, the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art. .It is also to be understood that changes in the details of construction, arrangement and combination of parts may be resorted to, provided they fall within the spirit of the invention and the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is:

1. A device of the character described, comprising end plates, apertures at the top and bottom edges of said plates in vertical alinement with each other, a central plate, projections at the outer ends of the central plate for insertion in the apertures of said end plates for joining the end plates to said central plate, U-shaped members on the top and bottom edge of said central plate for retaining name plates in face to face relation with said central plate, projections on the ends of said members for insertion in the apertures of said end plates for retaining said members in position and removable means at the center line of said central plate for retaining said name plates in fixed relation to said central plate.

2. The invention as in claim 1 wherein said end plates are provided with concave edges for mounting said plates on a mail box.

JOHN A. KOI-IL.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,373,778 Quinby Apr. 17, 1945 2,390,974 Wells Dec. ll, 1945 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 474,514 Great Britain Nov. 2 1937 

